14 DAY TRIAL // You know that hackers probe the web and attack the weak - that's old news. Also, you probably knew that cyber-scammers can take advantage of any event to send out their spam scam e-mails, but now, they're into something new that uses a lot of brains and some social engineering. The Better Business Bureau has warned flood victims to pay attention, so they won't be scammed. And, what's the best place to scam a person, the place that offers you anonymity and where you can lie as much as you like - well, the web, of course!
Scammers can take advantage of people's condition. After the flood, there's a lot of work to do, goods have been damaged and a lot of men and women want to get things back to normal, as fast as they can. With issues they want to solve rapidly, they're prone to getting scammed. Some have even lost a lot of money and want to make up fast - that's when they could be victims of pump-and dump schemes. Also, a lot of stuff is sold on the web, and you can never be too sure what you buy, until you see it in front of you. And, as people are always in a hurry, they might not be too careful and buy crap that scammers sell for a high price!
Besides these scams, there's the possibility to take advantage of this to "raise" money. A lot of scammers spam like crazy, telling people to send money to some bank account, to help flood victims (of course, the money will remain in the scammers' possession) - and just think about if, if the spam messages reach 1 million people, out of which 100.000 read them and out of which 10.000 send five dollars each, then the scammers get a whole lot of cash, and the scammed people won't even bother with this matter, since no one cares about five bucks.